St Peters Orthodox Church

March 25, 2020 - As we celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation, one of the 12 Major Feasts of the Church, we look at the Blessed Virgin Mary and her posture before God. When the Archangel Gabriel announces the will of God to the Virgin full of grace she says the most profound words that show clearly her heart before God, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, let it be to me according to Thy word." In other words, look upon me Lord. I offer myself so completely to you that Your will alone would be done in and through my life. See the Blessed Virgin's selflessness, note her beautiful humility, and comprehend her strong and bold faith that believes the truth that every word that comes from God comes from His love always desiring to reconcile mankind back to Himself from every result of the Fall. My friends, when you see the Blessed Virgin Mary you are to see what God has graced us all to become.